Start by reading the Pilots Flying Notes & Reference speeds for the aircraft in question before flying and attempting to land it.You wouldn't jump in a car and drive off before learning how to drive it would you?I have the PMDG 737NG and always hand fly the ILS approach. It's excellent practice and great fun. Happy and safe(simulated)landings!CheersAdam

>Start by reading the Pilots Flying Notes & Reference speeds>for the aircraft in question before flying and attempting to>land it.>>You wouldn't jump in a car and drive off before learning how>to drive it would you?>>I have the PMDG 737NG and always hand fly the ILS approach.>It's excellent practice and great fun. >>Happy and safe(simulated)landings!>>Cheers>>Adam>>The PMDG would be my suggestion, also, as a great plane to learn to fly especially for accuracy in ILS approaches. The PMDG handles pretty close to the real 737, has an FMC that calculates your approach speeds for different flap settings and loads, winds, etc and a AutoLand/AP/ that actually works. This is not the kind of FS default aircraft that you just jump in and start flying however. It requires some study and learning real procedures to even be able to start the engines. Once you learn it however, it will probably be the only FS plane you will fly.

Always try to be below glideslope before you engage the a/p. Otherwise, many times it will ignore it, even if you pass through it. I don't know why it does that, and I don't consider it true to life, but it often does"Actually-this is very true to life. You always intercept the gideslope from below. This prevents receiving false glideslope signals usually found above the glideslope>>>>>>I know that is the correct procedure, but in the real world, if you passed through the glideslope from above, it should still lock eventually shouldn't it? I mean, it shouldn't ignore it and just let the plane fly into the ground...The fs2004 version will run you into the ground if you don't correct after it ignores the GS. Seems to me, the real aircraft would eventually lock on, even if you came from above GS. But, I'm not a real pilot, so not sure...I'm sure could probably vary to aircraft type also...MK